title: Gold(I)-catalyzed protodecarboxylation of (hetero)aromatic carboxylic acids.
abstract: Golden delivery: A gold(I)-NHC complex catalyses the protodecarboxylation of various (hetero)aromatic acids. This methodology is simple, highly efficient and combines both the advantages of copper and silver methods with applications to completely deactivated substrates. Moreover, intermediates in this reaction have been isolated and fully characterized and provide fundamental insights into the mechanism of protodecarboxylation with gold.
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST (UK).
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nolan
keywords: N-heterocyclic carbene; catalysis; decarboxylation; gold; protodeauration